Borah Surname
Approximately 248,036 people bear this surname
Borah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 245,990 | 1:3,118 | 303 |
| United States | 1,312 | 1:276,264 | 25,830 |
| Jamaica | 102 | 1:28,137 | 2,144 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
The alternate forms: Boráh (1) are calculated separately.
Borah (626) may also be a first name.
Borah Demographics
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Borah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Borah (Hindi: बोराह, Marathi: बोराह, Oriya: ବରାହ) is found most frequently in India. It may occur as a variant: Boráh. Click here to see other potential spellings of Borah.
How Common Is The Last Name Borah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,214th most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,381 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Borah are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Borah is also the 333,003rd most numerous first name on earth, held by 626 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 245,990 people, or 1 in 3,118. In India Borah is most numerous in: Assam, where 98 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Delhi, where 0 percent live. Other than India Borah is found in 59 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Jamaica, where 0 percent live.
Borah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Borah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Borah last name expanded 717 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Borah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Borah surname are 13.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.83% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Borah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 171.39% more than the national average, earning R 644,928 per year and in United States they earn 1.21% more than the national average, earning $43,671 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Borah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Borah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବରାହ | baraha | - |
| Borah in the Marathi language | ||
| बोराह | boraha | 53.33 |
| बोरह | boraha | 28.89 |
| बोरः | borah | 6.67 |
| बोरा | bora | 6.67 |
| भोरा | bhora | 4.44 |
| Borah in the Hindi language | ||
| बोराह | boraha | 36.36 |
| बोरा | bora | 27.27 |
| बोरह | boraha | 24.24 |
| बोरहा | boraha | 9.09 |
| बोहरा | bohara | 3.03 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Borah
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